Mermaids - Calm Ocean Coloring Collection (Fantasy Coloring by Selina)

Although Selina's books are called "adult coloring books" I bought this one along with 4 others (5 total) as Christmas gifts for my 7 year old who is very creative & artistic. I wanted something to inspire & challenge her more bc she & I both agree that kids coloring books are pretty much all the same cartoons with no vision. After receiving the books and reviewing them to make sure they would be appropriate, which they absolutely are, I found them to be absolutely beautiful & the perfect gift for her. When she opened them on Christmas she fell absolutely in love with them, and even better is that they have inspired her. Not only does she love learning how to color them like an adult artist (with blending, contouring, shading, ect.), but Selina has inspired & challenged her to learn how to create on a higher level with her own drawings, paintings, and so forth. I also love her coloring in Selina's books. I suffer from many health issues, and so I have found that whenever I get stressed or anxious I ask my daughter if I can color in one of her books (which she always says yes). I have found a new outlet coloring her beautiful drawings. They help me relax and clear my mind of whatever is happening within and around me. An even better thing about Selina's books is that there are 2 of every drawings in each book so my daughter & I can color the same picture together yet separately when we want and see how different yet beautiful we can color them.

I love how these images have enough diversity in face type to apply to my project! I am working on turning the women in my family into mermaids, and as a multi National, multi lingual family this book works perfectly for that. The duplicates are so considerate, because I’m definitely not an artist. Thank youuuu for this gorgeous book. Ps. I don’t usually post reviews but this is about À COLORING BOOK. hahaha

This coloring book is fantastic! I tend to get overwhelmed by coloring books that are ridiculously intricate, but not challenged enough with simpler coloring books. This coloring book is truly a happy medium. I love the fact that this coloring book includes two prints of all the pictures, allowing the colorer to make new choices on the same art....very smart. I could even see this being a great feature for a parent and child (or even friends) to color the same picture together. The art itself is beautiful and incredibly fun to color....I mean seriously, who doesn't want to color mystical mermaids with an Art Nouveau vibe? The pages are nice, but probably not thick enough to use marker or light watercolor without removing the page to avoid bleed through. I've only been using color pencils so far and the paper really grabs the pigment, unlike some coloring books I have that end up making the colors much too light. I'm really happy I decided to purchase and I've been coloring in it since I opened it. You're never too old to color! I'm 32 and I find it very meditative and creatively stimulating, especially when you want to do something creative but don't have the time or mindset to create something from scratch. I'd definitely repurchase in the future for myself or as a gift!

I do not have a lot of experience with mermaid art and found this book quite charming. There are three pictures featuring motherhood, including a very pregnant mermaid, all three are charming. There is also a non-mermaid picture of a selkie! Even an angel was snuck in. The pirate and bathtub mermaids are at the top for my favorites. I have no problem with the paper quality, maybe the print I received had improved paper based on previous complaints. I have no problems with the picture covering the entire page with not blank border, but that is my personal preference. I may disassemble the book with an exacto knife to have full access of the pages. I do not mind the duplicates, as I enjoy recoloring the same page at a later time. Duplicates are also great for trading coloring pages with another adult who shares the same interest. Extra pages are also good to tuck in as surprises when creating packages of goodies for trade or surpse.

I am so in love with this book. I had colored some of her art before, from her website, and didn't put it together that she was the illustrator for this coloring book. It is absolutely beautiful and I love that there are two copies of each picture in case I screw one up. I started coloring the pirate mermaid last night and it is turning out prettier than I expected. The pictures are a mixture of styles, although there are a bunch of art nouveau ones. If I had known that, I would have probably bought this book sooner. Art nouveau is my favorite style of art and I search for art nouveau coloring books pretty frequently. I love the pregnant mermaid and the ones with babies, they are really representative of the femininity I associate with mermaids. I'm going to have to get a couple more copies of this book for my mom and my best friend. They will love it too.

I love the art, some of the lines of the pictures are weird and it makes you wonder if a certain line if the mermaids body or hair because it may be covered by another object, but it makes you get creative! I used markers for my first and only completed picture and it bled through a little, I started another one with colored pencils and it looks ok but not real dark. I think it needs a solid surface to work to help with that, I was just coloring it in the book. I think I might try gel pens. I also wish the pages were perforated as it is hard to remove them from the book without ripping. It needs scissors.

This was a gift for a friend. She loved it.

I purchased this coloring book for my mother, she absolutely loves it, not only is the artwork amazing and brings wholesomeness to your heart looking at the artwork, the actual book itself is wonderful Quality. It’s a silky smooth feeling to the touch very pleasing !!! My mother is unable to leave her bed, she is on hospices care and this book brought so much joy and light into her week so far, she keeps talking about how much she loves it and wants all the others from the same artist. She loves how there are also second pages to share so we can both color together. That was an amazing idea! If I could give 100 stars I would for how happy this book makes my mom. Thank you !! I will be purchasing more soon !!